Enlightenment and Great Awakening

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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things? (Options: power and privilege, money and fame, good looks and charm, reason and logic)

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reason and logic

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Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of: Electricity, Motion and gravity, Human biology, Astronomy

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Motion and gravity

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Which astronomer was tried for heresy and placed under house arrest because he argued that the universe was heliocentric?

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Galileo

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Which of the following best explains the effect of the Scientific Revolution on traditional religious beliefs? Options: People now looked to religion to explain the world around them., People now looked to their kings to explain the world around them., People used reason and logic to explain the world, Momney makes the world go round

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People used reason and logic to explain the world

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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries? Options: English monarchs, The President of the United States, The Catholic Church, Silk Road merchants

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The Catholic Church

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_________________ influenced the Declaration of Independence and the English Bill of Rights.

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John Locke

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Created the first Encyclopedia

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Diderot

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Which statement best describes the beliefs of the Enlightenment thinkers? Options: Absolute monarchs would govern wisely and fairly, Science and reason could improve people's live, Religion alone could answer all the questions about life, Ancient Greeks and Romans knew all there was to know

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Science and reason could improve people's live

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The Great Awakening was a __________ movement.

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religious

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Religious meetings drew

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large crowds